The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Plans for a $1 billion eco-research campus and housing village, complete with a futuristic guided rail transit system, are underway in Fort Collins, Colorado.</p>

November 7 - The Denver Post

<p>While sales tax increases have proven popular, road tolls and other user fees are better methods to fund transportation improvements, says transportation expert Martin Wachs.</p>

November 7 - Arizona Daily Star

<p>Superstar Tony Hawk's annual fundraiser is trying to change the attitudes of many cities towards the sport by helping them build skate parks.</p>

November 7 - International Herald Tribune

<p>Civic buildings could serve as anchors for downtown amidst future development in Spartanburg, South Carolina, according to preliminary plans drafted at the end of a weeklong charrette, designed to craft a downtown master plan for the city.</p>

November 7 - Spartanburg Herald-Journal

<p>Park officials in Anaheim, California, are voicing their objections to a proposal to build 1,500 new housing units -- including 200 affordable apartments -- adjacent to the theme park.</p>

November 6 - San Jose Mercury News

<p>Twenty-five historic sites in the San Francisco Bay Area recently vied for $1 million in preservation money through a unique online voting contest.</p>

November 6 - Forbes

<p>A discussion of urban planning and development in New York City looks at the influence of these two major figures.</p>

November 6 - The Gotham Gazette

<p>Long a symbol of urban decay, downtown Detroit is attracting residents and investment, though obstacles remain.</p>

November 6 - The Detroit Free Press

<p>With skyscrapers in Dubai and around the world pushing ever higher, engineers are introducing new elevators that save space and reduce waiting times.</p>

November 6 - ITP Business

<p>A property-rights backlash appears to be building across the country as a direct result of the Supreme Court's Kelo v. City of New London decision, writes the WSJ on their editorial page.</p>

November 6 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>33 transportation-related ballot measures worth more than $55 billion face voters this election.</p>

November 6 - Center For Transportation Excellence

<p>A team in Durango, Colorado, uses Google Earth to visualize the city's preferred development scenario, and produces an YouTube instructional video.</p>

November 6 - City of Durango

FEATURE

As part of monthly series, we present a summary and analysis of some of the most interesting news to appear on Planetizen over the month of October 2006. This is the transcript of an audio segment that originally aired on the nationally syndicated radio program "Smart City".

November 6 - Nate Berg

<p>As its first residential subdivision is approved, developers are banking that the tiny town of Hebron, Illinois, will be the location for the next wave of Chicago's suburban growth.</p>

November 6 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>An environmentally remediated parcel of land in a hard-knock New England town finds new life as the nation's largest solar energy field.</p>

November 6 - Grist

<p>While still dogged by its tawdry and crime-ridden reputation, London's East Side is booming with nightlife and vibrant neighborhoods. More big redevelopment plans underway as the city begins to prepare for the 2012 Olympics.</p>

November 5 - The Sydney Morning Herald

<p>Campus Partners for Community Urban Redevelopment, a non-profit development group funded by the endowment fund of The Ohio State University, is learning that its intial ambitious plans to revive the local neighborhood while generating returns for the university were unrealistic.</p>

November 5 - The Columbus Dispatch

<p>A recent op-ed bemoans the state of Atlanta's traffic congestion, and calls a reversal of current road widening policies, which have done little to help solve the region's transportation woes.</p>

November 5 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

<p>Architects, builders and preservationists met in Pittsburgh to discuss ways to get federal guidelines for historic structures to play nice with green building principles.</p>

November 5 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

<p>If residents in Boulder Co. pass a 'carbon tax' ballot measure next week, hundreds of thousands of dollars will be made available to fund renewable energy and conservation measures.</p>

November 5 - USA Today